Abba Poiema

There’s something about the ticking of a clock that unnerves me. Now don’t get me wrong, when I’m sitting at home on my day off and have nothing in particular to accomplish, I love it, it soothes me. But on a day when I have so much to do and so little time to get…

“ Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.” –Romans 13:14 As the hustle and bustle of the new school year surrounds us in a whirlwind of magnificent activity and appointments. All of these things tugging at our sleeves, requiring time, energy, and sometimes…

For whatever reason, my family LOVES gummies. It doesn’t matter what shape they come in, bear, fruit, worm, fish, they’ll devour them in no time! And this is all well and good (well, in the right quantities) but the mom in me looks at those little shapes and I know that there is something better….

What is wrong with this picture?? Maybe this is normal for some people (I hope there are fewer of you than I am thinking) but where I come from this is strange on so many levels. Usually my brother-in-law is chugging on an energy drink, but he was a good sport and posed for this…

Wow, the year is already on the downhill slope to summer! Another wonderful winter is under our belts and excitement is in the air as spring desperately tries to conquer the cold. What a wonderful time of year! Spring is the renewal and revival of all things gone to sleep for the winter. It’s refreshing…

Whenever I hear the words “two roads”, my mind always goes directly to the familiar poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where…

This is my day…as I make my way about the house, doing various tasks and chores, I have company the whole way. This is Phoebe and Zoey. As the only person in the house all day while Shawn is at work and the kids are at school, I have their undivided attention. When I move,…

Tears…we are refreshed by a good cry and some even watch movies to bring about such “refreshing”. Sometimes our tears are a result of gut wrenching pain. Not always physical, but emotional. Turmoil surrounds us and we feel like we are flailing in the water, struggling to keep our heads above the surface of the…

So it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything and so much has happened in our lives…but I’ll get to that in another post. For now we are preparing to move. Yes, in a couple days the place we’ve called home for over 30 years will be in the rear view mirror of a Penske…

“Please note: You haven’t left the jungle. The trees still eclipse the sky, and the thorns still cut the skin. Animals lurk and rodents scurry. The jungle is still a jungle. It hasn’t changed, but you have. You have changed because you have hope. And you have hope because you have met Someone who can…